Reposted from Rising Up With Sonali, 03/04/17 http://www.risingupwithsonali.com/while-britain-exits-eu-activists-stop-deportations/ Listen to story: Download: mp3 (Duration: 18:21 — 16.8MB) FEATURING LILY MAY – British Prime Minister Theresa May has invoked Article 50, the law that triggers Britain’s exit from the European Union. The move came months after a contentious referendum that made international news and shocked…

Also published at: http://novaramedia.com/2017/03/31/5-ways-to-help-end-deportations-and-stop-charter-flights/ On 28 April, 14 people blocked the runway at Stansted airport and stopped a mass deportation charter flight to Nigeria and Ghana. Activists from End Deportations, Lesbians and Gays Support the Migrants and Plane Stupid ran onto the tarmac and locked themselves to each other using arm tubes and tripods. This is the first time this kind of direct…

Reposted from France 24, 31/3/17. Text by Catherine Bennet http://observers.france24.com/en/20170331-how-prevent-plane-taking How do you stop a passenger jet from taking off? That was the challenge that faced activists on Tuesday, March 28, as they launched a protest to stop a charter flight deporting people from the UK. Seventeen activists locked themselves to the wing of the…

Tuesday’s plane blockade was an unprecedented victory. For the first time in the UK, the brave and determined actions of campaigners grounded a charter flight and prevented the deportation of dozens. It showed a glimpse of what’s possible through collective action: when we fight we can win. That the Home Office would rush to try…

Reposted from Morning Star, 30/3/17. Text by Felicity Collier https://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-f176-Deportations-flightblocked 17 arrests as lock-on stops charter plane taking asylum-seekers out of Britain ACTIVISTS prevented a charter flight full of asylum-seekers from leaving Stansted Airport late on Tuesday night in an “unprecedented victory” against mass deportations. End Deportations campaigners locked themselves to the wheel of a plane bound…